belong to the government. We took them
intending to turn them in at the post on our
return. Had dinner at Cariboo camp - then
crossed westward, climbed to the summit of
Mt. Wolcott, at head of Mission Creek -
height of Wolcott 5,500 feet, and thence
set out northwestward across the valleys
and mountains towards Glacier Mountain
- Mt. Eldredge. Saw a small species
of marmot on Mt. Wolcott, - striped,
and about the size of a small squirrel.
Crossed head of Bear creek, and down
into head waters of Comet, both tributaries
to Forty Mile river. We reached the valley
at the foot of Crater basin, in Comet Creek
valley, and camped at 12 oclock mid
night. Glacier mountain seems at
some time to have deserved that name
for Comet creek valley is crossed by a
large terminal moraine, while